Texas Property Code - Section 28.001. Definitions
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§ 28.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Contractor" means a person who contracts with an
owner to improve real property or perform construction services for
an owner.
(2) "Improve" means to:
(A) build, construct, effect, erect, alter,
repair, or demolish any improvement on, connected with, or beneath
the surface of real property;
(B) excavate, clear, grade, fill, or landscape
real property;
(C) construct a driveway or roadway;
(D) furnish any material, including trees or
shrubbery, for the purpose of taking any action described by
Paragraphs (A)-(C) of this subdivision; or
(E) perform any labor on or in connection with an
improvement.
(3) "Improvement" includes all or any part of:
(A) a building, structure, erection, alteration,
demolition, or excavation on, connected with, or beneath the
surface of real property; and
(B) the act of clearing, grading, filling, or
landscaping real property, including constructing a driveway or
roadway or furnishing trees or shrubbery.
(4) "Owner" means a person or entity, other than a
governmental entity, with an interest in real property that is
improved, for whom an improvement is made, and who ordered the
improvement to be made.
(5) "Real property" includes lands, leaseholds,
tenements, hereditaments, and improvements placed on the real
property.
(6) "Subcontractor" means a person who contracts to
furnish labor or material to, or has performed labor or supplied
materials for, a contractor or another subcontractor in connection
with a contract to improve real property.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Section: 27.0031 27.004 27.0041 27.0042 27.005 27.006 27.007 28.001 28.002 28.003 28.004 28.005 28.006 28.007 28.008
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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